Fossil Fueled

2010

25.5" X 32"

My son's childhood fossil collection became the inspiration for this fused applique' quilt. Begun in a workshop entitled "Quilt Like Leonardo Da Vinci" with the ever creative Barbara Olson in which we were asked to make detailed still - life compositions from natural objects, the quilt evolved from photographs and pencil sketches of fossils of sea-life from the Permian and pre-Cambrian periods.

Hand dyes, batiks and printed cottons were used along with metallic copper braid, glass beads and textile paints for the final illusion.

Honorable Mention, Art Quilts Glendale Quilt Show, March 2011

Finalist, "Quilts: A World of Beauty", International Quilt Festival, Houston, October 2010